King Kong = Racist? [View All]

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,6-1922429,00.html

Big black and bad stereotyping
By Kwame McKenzie
King Kong feeds into all the colonial hysteria about black hyper-sexuality - read Kwame McKenzie's article and send your comments, below

Most black men I know will think twice about going to see King Kong. First because of the story, second because of Peter Jackson's other recent blockbuster movies.

The story feeds into all the colonial hysteria about black hyper-sexuality. This imagery has a long history and is difficult to shift.

It was so pervasive and prevalent even in the 17th century that Shakespeare could write Othello knowing that his audience would understand the Moor stereotype. As Kristin Johnsen-Neshati, Associate Professor of Theatre at George Mason University notes in her writing on the subject: "Moors were commonly stereotyped as sexually overactive, prone to jealousy and generally wicked. The public associated 'blackness' with moral corruption, citing examples from Christian theology to support the view that whiteness was the sign of purity, just as blackness indicated sin."

It is so pervasive that after fronting a pop psychology TV series a decade ago as a psychiatrist I was offered a 20 part series on sex.





I have to say this: I just saw the movie today, and I have no idea what in the hell this guy is talking about.